From the opportunities — and threats — in artificial intelligence to envisioning a world in which "Wi-Fi is like air," here is what everyone was buzzing about at American Banker's Digital Banking conference.

The company will pay $114 million to gain 10 branches and $482 million in assets.

Despite bipartisan support, the latest congressional effort to enable the legal marijuana industry's access to the banking system still faces plenty of roadblocks.

Studio Bank is set to become Nashville's first new bank since 2008. Organizers raised $46 million earlier this year.

According to one analyst, the threat from fintech was overrated – but there are plenty of other tech trends credit unions need to be ready for.

USAA's lawsuit accusing Wells of infringing on its remote-deposit patents is new territory: bank-on-bank fights over intellectual property.

HSBC's Mary Kate Loftus and Popular's Camille Burckhart are digital banker standouts. RBC fires U.S. CEO over an affair with his employee, amid a #MeToo attitude adjustment. And, what's the best time careerwise for women to have children?

Chief among the tips shared at Digital Banking 2018 were: be willing to experiment, seek out partners, rethink cost-cutting and small banks should stop making excuses.

On Mar. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

Mastercard's Cardless ATM service, developed with Diebold Nixdorf, resembles the technology many banks have adopted in the last few years — but Mastercard's offering sheds the limitation of being tied to a specific bank's ATMs.

On Mar. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

Despite recent encouragement from the OCC, banks still struggle to make a profit on short-term loans.

Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union is the first CU in Connecticut to offer in-branch DMV services — a move that could drive new growth at the credit union.

In a break with his own Justice Department, President Trump suggested Friday he would sign a bill co-authored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren to protect financial institutions that help legal marijuana businesses.

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When asked if other banks were being sued, USAA said the lawsuit names only Wells Fargo because the bank is one of the biggest adopters of remote mobile deposit capture and has failed to license the technology.

Developing technology in-house and then licensing it is one way a small bank can build a reputation as an innovator.

In a new initiative announced Friday, Bank of America said that it will work with several nonprofits to source a pipeline of local talent in its markets.

The firms were initially slated to be included in a newly merged trade association, but they were blocked after some executives objected to adding more Wall Street banks.

Redwood CU's home-grown pay-by-text solution won a prestigious award recently, but the credit union is already looking at ways to build even more functionality into it.